El Torero — 231 E. 26th St.

After an extensive renovation that included replacing the roof and installing new kitchen equipment, El Torero Restaurant in South Tucson is back open for business after closing near the end of 2018.

El Torero will incorporate some of the menu from owners Mike and Brad Hultquist’s sister restaurant Lerua’s, which closed in early February, a casualty of the city of Tucson’s drawn-out Broadway widening project.

El Torero closed in mid-December 2018 after Brad Hultquist suffered an aneurysm. Because his brother and nephew were busy closing Lerua’s, the family decided to temporarily shutter El Torero, which their aunt Adelina Borgaro opened in 1957.

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